On the first day of the 11th month of the 13th year of Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi held a routine court meeting in Fengtian Temple.

There is nothing new in the content of the court meeting, and the things that are played will generally be handled by the cabinet ministers in advance, and when it comes to the court, the emperor only needs to read the book according to the script.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty will have a stronger symbolic meaning, and there will be no scene of verbal swords at the court meeting.

What really happens to quarrel is the "cabinet discussion", which is generally not a matter of importance, and these ministers will not inform the emperor.

After the cabinet system matured, the court council stipulated that only eight things should be agreed upon, and later it was changed to five.

It is no wonder that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not like the upper court, but the formalism was too strong.

Not only did the emperor dislike it, but even the courtiers didn't like it.

During the Chenghua period, it was recorded that the diligent Emperor Chenghua went, but none of the courtiers arrived, so angry that he left Emperor Chenghua's complaints and scolding on the street: You often speak of diligence, and I despise the court, but I am sluggish!

In a word, I usually tell Lao Tzu to be diligent in government, Lao Tzu went to the court, and none of you came!

Of course, this is not the most sassy, two years later, when Emperor Hongzhi went to court, he checked the number of people and found that more than 1,000 people were absent from work.

And this is still the norm, that is, there are more than 1,000 officials who do not go to court.

After the establishment of the cabinet system, this became a spectacle of the Ming Dynasty!

In the case of the Qing Dynasty, let alone not going to the court, even if it is a late one, these officials will have to be frightened and honestly afraid.

To tell the truth, these civil officials are cheap! The Ming Dynasty was so relaxed, they frantically threw the black pot to the emperor, saying how the emperor was slacking off in government.

When it came to the Qing Dynasty, one by one kneeling was more respectful than anyone else, one by one Ming Jun of the Qing Dynasty, each diligent and loving the people!

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Emperor Hongzhi listened to eight things as usual.

In the process, he only said forty-two words.

After the court meeting was over, he went into the imperial chariot.

The attendant eunuch who was waiting on the side said: "Emperor, it is said that the craftsmen have already built a threshing machine, do you want to let them offer it?" ”

"Present it! After more than half a year of imitation, I finally have some eyebrows. Emperor Hongzhi sighed helplessly.

Soon he returned to the Qianqing Palace, only to find that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were already waiting in the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as the two saw the emperor, they immediately saluted together.

Before Li Dongyang could kneel, Hongzhi helped him and asked with a smile: "Two elders, why do you have to come to me in such a hurry?" ”

Li Dongyang said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the two of us are here for the matter of the deputy envoy of the Sichuan Judicial Department. ”

"What's going on?" Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said, "Didn't you arrange Zhang Jin?" ”

"Your Majesty! Zhang Jin has the talent of the governor's river, and the water situation of the Yellow River is steep at both ends in three years, so it is better not to let it out! Liu Jian arched his hand.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, and asked Li Dongyang, "Then does Li Ge have any candidates?" ”

"Yin Jiayan in the Criminal Department!" Li Dongyang bowed his head and said.

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a while, nodded and said, "Just follow what the elder said!" ”

Li Dongyang was busy obeying the order to thank him, and this transfer involved the "Sichuan thieves entering Songpanba Prefecture and other places" that occurred at the beginning of the year.

And Li Dongyang and Liu Jian suddenly changed their candidates, presumably behind this case, there are people who are unwilling to let Zhang Jin go.

Emperor Hongzhi was not sure in his heart, but he thought it was a trivial matter, so he didn't have the heart to go to the courtiers.

At this moment, the Ministry of Industry asked Zhang Wen to see it with a set of threshers.

"It's just right, the two pavilion elders also came to take a look, this kind of ingenious thing!" Emperor Hongji laughed.

After the thresher was brought in, there were several craftsmen with him, several of whom bowed their heads deeply and knelt to the side as soon as they entered the door.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at it and said, "The imitation is clear, right?" ”

Zhang Wen said: "Back to the emperor, the drawings have been drawn, according to the imitation of all aspects, this thing is divided into several parts, presumably as long as the drawings are made, it can be made!" ”

"Well done! Reward! ”

Several craftsmen were busy kowtowing to thank him, and there were no other words during the whole process, and he was led down by the eunuch after thanking him.

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be very happy, and after he personally got his hands on it, he looked at Li Dongyang and Liu Jian and said: "Two pavilion elders, the people are hard to farm, can this thing alleviate their fatigue?" ”

Li Dongyang looked at it, bowed his head and said, "This thing is excellent, but ask Lord Zhang, how much does it cost to imitate this thing?" ”

Zhang Wen arched his hand and said: "Go back to the old pavilion, spend eight hundred and seventeen taels of silver!" ”

"Eight hundred and seventeen taels, how much silver does it take to build such a thing!" Li Dongyang asked.

Zhang Wen smiled bitterly: "It costs about six taels of silver to build one, and if it is made by the people, it will only cost four to five taels of silver!" ”

Liu Jian understood the catty that existed in it, but he was puzzled: "This thing doesn't use much iron, why do you need four or five taels of silver?" ”

"Liu Ge Lao, the gear of this thing is tightly seamed, if the size is not right, it cannot run smoothly, and its iron shaft is smooth, it has to be polished for a few days! Manpower will take up a lot! Folk imitation, if you are proficient, you may be able to make it cheaper! However, the counterfeit craftsman said that it would take two or three months for a few of them to make one! ”

After Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his face was dissatisfied, and he remembered that the prefect of Zhangzhou sent a note saying that this thing was in Zhangzhou, but it only cost one tael or seven dollars of silver.

"Your Majesty!" Li Dongyang sighed: "Although this thing is good, I am afraid it will be difficult to benefit all people. The imperial court intends to promote, and there should be no coercion and reward, in case a good thing becomes a bad thing, but it is harmful to the people! ”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "What the elder said is that this thing is in Zhangzhou, and it is only one tael or seven dollars of silver!" Why did it take more than 800 taels of silver to imitate it in the capital? ”

"Huh?" Hongji raised his eyebrows again.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang both stiffened their bodies, and everyone present knew it, but they didn't want to break it.

"Father, father!"

Just when the atmosphere was a little silent, a hearty voice came out from outside, it was the legendary Zhu Houzhao.

He is nine years old this year, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he looks lively and smart, and he jumps up and down when he walks, and he is a little chubby.

Hongji couldn't hide the doting in his eyes, but he said with a straight face: "Aren't you reading today?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "The teacher agreed with me that as long as I recite the articles I learned today, he will let me out to play!" As a result, the child recited it in less than an hour! ”

"I'm smart!" Emperor Hongji finally laughed.

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian also looked at this prince with a smile, but in private, they were faintly worried, it was really that this prince's temperament was too out-of-the-box.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's teacher Jin Gui also came, in fact, Liu Jian, who was present, was also Zhu Houzhao's teacher, as well as Yang Tinghe and others, all of whom were Zhu Houzhao's teachers.

But Zhu Houzhao's favorite should be Jin Gui, Ming Shilu recorded that after Jin Gui's death, Zhu Houzhao personally caressed his coffin, and ordered the minister to write a memorial for Jin Gui, but he was not satisfied, so he personally wrote a poem for Jin Gui, and the accompanying ministers were ashamed.

Jin Gui saluted to the emperor and the ministers present, and since he was a teacher at the moment, he couldn't kneel.

Emperor Hongzhi chatted with him about today's schoolwork, and asked Zhu Houzhao to recite it on the spot, and after making sure that it was word for word, it was a dragon's heart in an instant.

He looked at Jin Gui with a smile and said, "Mrs. Jin can be a good teacher!" ”

Jin Gui smiled and arched his hand and said: "The prince is just smart, and the subordinates don't dare to be greedy!" ”

"Eh, Father, what is this thing?" Zhu Houzhao was attracted by the thresher.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and a touch of cunning suddenly flashed in his eyes: "Emperor, this thing is called a foot-operated thresher, and it was offered by Zhangzhou. This thing can quickly threshh rice, and it still uses foot force, so it is extremely beneficial for harvesting! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about this, he fiddled with it, and shouted excitedly as he stepped on the pedal: "Father, this is so fun!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi squatted down, pointed to the threshing machine and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Emperor, this thing is one or two or seven dollars of silver in Zhangzhou, and it was imitated in the capital, but it cost more than eight hundred taels of silver, what do you think is because of this?" ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said: "This is needless to say, someone must have misappropriated the silver for other purposes!" ”

"Hahaha, I'm smart!" Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile: "The emperor thinks that this thing is beneficial to the country and the people, should it be vigorously promoted?" ”

"The! Since people can make it for one or two or seven dollars, and if it is popularized, it will definitely be able to be made for one or two or seven dollars of silver! Zhu Houzhao affirmed.

Emperor Hongzhi patted Zhu Houzhao on the shoulder and said, "Well, my father immediately issued an order to let the rice cultivation area start to promote immediately!" ”

Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jian, and both of them had a helpless look on their faces.

Can they not know that this thing is beneficial to the country and the people? But they really don't want to toss, and they spread it, maybe it will work for a long time, but now it is very likely to make the people suffer!

If it is a prosperous age, they will naturally support it! It's just that over the years, they really don't want to act rashly.

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